Improvement in buckles



C. HEBSME.

Buckles.

N0-157 395, Patented Dec. 1,14874.

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THE GRAPHIC CQPHTO'UTHJSS; 4l PARK PLACEJLY.

' UNITED STATES 'OFFICE CALVIN HERSOME, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,395, dated December1, 1R74; application tiled August 5, 1874.

the buckle to the boot or shoe; and it consists in the combination withand application to a buckle of ordinary construction, of a twoprongedplate, which is hung on the cross-bar of the buckle that carries thebuckle-prong, and has its prongs shaped for easy insertion in theleather strap, and for then heilig bent toward each other, all as willhereinafter fully appear.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face View of my improvedbuckle, and Fig. 2 a back View of my improved buckle attached to astrap.

In the drawings, A represents a buckleframe, and B the buckle-prong hungto the cross-bar mot' the buckle-traine; C, a plate hung to crossbar c.This plate C is made with two prongs, b b. (See Fig. 1.) The -plate C,hinged to prongs b b are for fastening the buckle to the strap, and theyare shaped as shown in Fig. l, and, when inserted in the strap, are benttoward each other, (see Fig. 2,) and laid closely against the leatherstrap, anchoring' and fastening the buckle in position, and securing itagainst any possibility of detachnient.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The buckle-frame A, having the central cross-bar a., and thebuckle-prong B, pivoted to said cross-bar, in combination with the saidcross-bar a, and having the two prongs b b, as and vfor the objectspecified.

The aboxe specification of my invention signed by me this 11th day ofJune, A. D. 1874.

CALVIN HERSOME.

Witnesses:

EDWIN W. BROWN, ALBERT W. BROWN. v

